Class mobility in fiction

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Novels (including autofiction), novellas, short stories, plays and poetry where class mobility (both upward and downward) is a central theme.
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Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
43,946 members
480 reviews
3.9
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My Brilliant Friend
by Elena Ferrante
9,511 members
389 reviews
3.9
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North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell
8,660 members
263 reviews
4.1
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Bel-Ami
by Guy de Maupassant
3,593 members
70 reviews
3.9
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NW
by Zadie Smith
2,796 members
100 reviews
½ 3.5
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The Bourgeois Gentleman
by Molière
1,077 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
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The End of Eddy
by Édouard Louis
1,075 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
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Lie With Me
by Philippe Besson
828 members
38 reviews
4.1
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Spilt Milk
by Chico Buarque
323 members
5 reviews
½ 3.7
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Change
by Édouard Louis
268 members
13 reviews
4.2
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Cleaned Out
by Annie Ernaux
206 members
5 reviews
4.1
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Monsieur Venus: A Materialist Novel
by Rachilde
202 members
3.9
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Le paysan parvenu
by Pierre de Marivaux
102 members
1 review
½ 3.5
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May Our Joy Endure
by Kevin Lambert
76 members
1 review
½ 3.7
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"Me Grandad 'ad an Elephant!" : Three Stories of Muslim Life in South India
by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
57 members
4 reviews
3.8
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Nom
by Constance Debré
18 members
1 review
3
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Les hommes qui me parlent
by Ananda Devi
4 members
4
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Les Nobles
by Dokmaisot
3 members
4
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Dilara86: down, although possibly not for ever